BRANFORD – The physician-assisted suicide in Oregon of Brittany Maynard, 29, caught much media attention and reignited discussion of end-of-life issues. Legislation has been proposed in Connecticut that would make it legal for a doctor to prescribe medication to end a person’s life.

ROME (CNS) -- Lent is a journey of purification and penance, a movement that should bring one tearfully back to the loving arms of the merciful Father, Pope Francis said at an Ash Wednesday Mass that began with a procession on Rome's Aventine Hill.

TORRINGTON – Priests and seminarians are getting in shape for what they believe will be a unique seven-day, 350-mile bike pilgrimage to Emmitsburg, Md., May 29 to June 4 to pray and raise money for Catholic schools.

WEST HARTFORD – For over 100 years, every pregnant girl standing at the door of St. Agnes Home has already taken the first and most important step on a long road. She’s made the critical life decision to have her baby. And most, in recent years, have decided to keep, care for and make a family with the baby.

This architectural rendering shows how the Museum of the Bible planned for Washington will look. (CNS photo/courtesy Smith Group JJR)

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- On a gray and overcast morning in Washington, just a short walk from Capitol Hill, construction work began on a museum intended to promote engagement, education and discussion of the Bible.

HARTFORD – The 2012 murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School and similar high-profile tragedies have created a national dialogue and have catapulted mental and behavioral health to marquee status for the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal.

People carry a banner of Archbishop Oscar Romero in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 22, 2014. (CNS photo/Roberto Escobar, EPA)

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – After decades of debate within the church, Pope Francis formally recognized that Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was killed "in hatred of the faith" and not for purely political reasons.

Deacon Arthur and Sandra Miller (Photo by Harold Shapiro) The Anti-Defamation League will honor Deacon Arthur and Sandra Miller and two others at the 2013 Greater Hartford Torch of Liberty Award Reception and Centennial Gala, set to begin at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 24 in West Hartford.

Deacon Miller is director of the archdiocesan Office for Black Catholic Ministries. In addition to his assigned parishes, he is the chaplain at Hartford’s Capital Community College. Deacon Miller addresses issues of social injustice at public forums, houses of worship and schools and universities across the country. Deacon Miller was a participant in Connecticut ADL’s first Interfaith Mission to Israel in 2007.

Sandra Miller is the office manager for the archdiocesan Small Christian Communities. She was first introduced to the Anti-Defamation League when she became an active participant in ADL’s "Names Can Really Hurt Us" program while working at the Watkinson School in Hartford.

The Millers, who have been married for 42 years, reside in Windsor and have four children and six grandchildren.

Also to be honored with the Torch of Liberty are Dr. Walter Harrison, president of the University of Hartford; and Dr. Saud Anwar, founder and co-chair of the American Muslim Peace Initiative.

The century-old Anti-Deframation League is devoted to fighting anti-Semitism, racism and other forms of bigotry. The Torch of Liberty, one of ADL's premier annual events, attracts more than 400 of Greater Hartford's leading citizens and corporations every year. Information is available from Jan Magid, associate development director, at jmagid@adl.org or 203-288-6500, ext. 313.

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